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...lock up everyone who ever advocated the violent overthrow of the United States government-- and everyone out there who ever mumbled about wishing Reagan had been killed had better turn yourselves in to the Though Police This goes as well for women who advocate burning down the Pi Eta building...
...taste and stupidity are not crimes and these are the only real complaints against Pi Eta--other than that the letter was "inflammatory" and "incited men to commit rape." I haven't yet found anyone who committed or considered committing rape after reading the newsletter, and everyone is either squeaking and beeping with outrage or laughing at those who take it seriously. I do find offensive the charge that men become rapists after reading such drivel--that we cannot think without our testicles getting in the way. If that isn't sexist, let's scrap the term...
After a week of charge and counterchange, insult and defensive reaction, and general lack of dialogue and communication, it seems time to try to draw together some of the lessons of the sad and disturbing Pi Eta affair Hidden beneath all the clamor are some very unsettling conclusions which affect all of us in the Harvard community...
...feel it necessary to first establish my credentials, since the first affair has now degenerated into what amounts to name-calling. First, I am not a member of Pi Eta, nor do I even know any who do belong to the club. Also (I am sure Mr. Ippolito will be glad to know). I am not one of those "homos," whose very existence seems to send shudders down the spines of the macho-men of Pi Eta. And, as reassurance for Mr. Travaglini (whose misguided letter was the original spur for this one). I claim no association with...
Then, there are the members of Pi Eta, who have shown their obvious befuddlement at the attention that the leaked newsletter has attracted. Beneath the forced apologies, and statements that "no, sexism does not exist at the Pi," is the clear message that these men regret not the offensive nature of their newsletter, but the fact that it became public. If they had the chance to do it over again, the only difference would be that a certain Kirkland House woman would not receive the newsletter in her mailbox...